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folklore2
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British Broadcasting Corporation1
Evans, George Ewart (1909-1988)1
Harris, Susan1
Jones, Tom1
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)1
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)1
Pate, Allan1
Pattison, Susan1
Tammivaara, Irmeli1
Wayman, Doris1
Swaledale from Maiden Castle
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Swaledale from Maiden Castle

Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)

23 March 1964

View across Swaledale from the earth wall at Maiden Castle ( Harkerside Moor). Earthwork visible. Strip lynchets near Reeth visible in background. Mounted on Photo File card.

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West Midlands Responses: Book VIII, Part 5

[1960s]

Collated responses from the West Midland counties for Survey of English Dialects (SED) questions from Book VIII, Part 5: Church, Churchyard. Includes questions VIII.5.8 Earth - VIII.5.14 Cross.

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Farm Courtyard
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Farm Courtyard

March 1965

Timber buildings around an old farm courtyard at the Norsk Folkemuseum (Norwegian Folk Museum) in Bygdøy, Oslo. The buildings are typical of Setesdal . According to a note in the slide index, the f...

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The Antrobus Soul-Caking Play

Pattison, Susan

1975

M.A. study of the Antrobus soulcaking play, customarily performed at Hallowe'en and during the first two weeks of November each year. The study is presented against a background of earlier scholarly i...

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Sound Recording

British Broadcasting Corporation

[1960s/1970s]

George Ewart Evans presents a radio programme entitled 'Horsepower and Magic' [BBC Home Service 1964-09-17 20:30], which includes horsemen from East Anglia and Scotland talking about the folklore and ...

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Sound Recordings, Cambridgeshire

Tammivaara, Irmeli

July 1974

[Collector announcement]; Allan Pate, recorded in Witcham on the 11 July 1974 [continued from tape LAVC/SRE/A670r]; talks about Witcham Feast Week in November; local stories/beliefs associated with wi...

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Archive File

Lists of Forms

Orton, Harold (1898-1975)

[1960s]

This file contains papers which record the different word forms collected at different locations, and in different counties, on a single sheet or set of sheets. The recordings all appear to have been ...

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